Amber Hayward
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We Feed The UK poems will inspire students at hundreds of schools across the UK this autumn, in an exciting collaboration between our partners Hot Poets and National Poetry Day. On Thursday 1 October, 1.5 million school students will celebrate National Poetry Day. Each year, classrooms are filled with lyrical creativity as more young minds…
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We Feed The UK features in an international, peer-reviewed, open-access journal focusing on significant research across all aspects of the visual and performing arts.
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Earlier this month, a day of festivities in Derby marked the start of We Feed The UK’s five-month showcase at the city’s cultural hub, QUAD. Stemming from the success of our recent thematic exhibition in Nottingham, a tailored curation of three We Feed The UK stories is on display in the centre of Derby until…
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Over six joyous weeks, four tales of community growing brought school children, grain enthusiasts, and food lovers into the fold of We Feed The World, with a curated selection of work exhibited at Primary. A joyful and optimistic view of our future. Thank you. Val, exhibition attendee Following a bustling launch event with activities for…
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As snowdrops, crocuses, and daffodils begin to surface, so too comes a new phase of We Feed The UK. Four stories of community food production kick off our thematic touring exhibition; enriching, connecting, and strengthening the grassroots agroecology movement. We Feed The UK began with ten respective stories, each shown regionally to draw in and…
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Children and young people are experiencing considerable climate anxiety and are starting their adult life with a sense of existential threat and a perception that it’s too late and there’s nothing to be done. We need to change that. It’s simply not true, but the current requirements of the national curriculum are focused on problems…
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“The world doesn’t change one person at a time. It changes as networks of relationships form among people who discover they share a common cause and vision of what’s possible. This is good news for those of us intent on changing the world and creating a positive future. Rather than worry about critical mass, our…
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Amid a tangle of glasshouses in Wood Green, North London, the sound of Djembe drums, singing, and laughter filled the air as we gathered to celebrate the launch of our newly released regenerative farming book, We Feed The UK, created by The Gaia Foundation and published by Papadakis. Featuring all ten stories, poems, and photography…
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We’re back from Groundswell, having shared seeds, poetry, and freshly baked stories from the land among friends old and new. Over ten thousand people assembled to chew over the future of regenerative farming in the sun-scorched fields of Lannock Farm, Hertfordshire. Groundswell Festival has been at the forefront of introducing regenerative agriculture to the mainstream…
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“I never knew that the little box of my personal stories of agony and joy, pried open by Dan Saladino’s interrogation, would fascinate so many people I met for the first time. When I saw tears in a few eyes of some of these exceptional people in the audience, I felt blessed and humbled.” Dr…
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In pockets of resistance across the UK, grain rebels are sowing a grassroots revolution in defiance of monocultures, uniformity, and bad bread. The vast majority of our food is controlled by a handful of global corporations, whose genetically identical seeds cover these isles in every direction. In this Regenerative Conversation, we meet four radical disruptors…
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Oceans are the source of all life on Earth, and their health is fundamental to our future. Yet, fishing is one of the least-addressed issues when it comes to global food production. In the UK, some of the world’s most destructive fisheries are operating right on our doorstep, but with big players taking advantage, far…